Sydney Data Recovery Service
Zero Alpha has been providing Sydney customers both personal and business, with data recovery solutions for over 12 years.
We are an Australian company that is globally recognised for our world class tools & clean room.
Zero Alpha gives you the best chance of recovering your important data - LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEED
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Open 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday. Free Test & Quote while you wait
Zero Alpha
925 / 100 Walker Street
North Sydney NSW 2065
We are on Level 9. Exit the elevator and turn RIGHT
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My drive has stopped working, What should I do?
We recommend in all cases of data loss to leave your drive turned off. A hard drive that is left off will prevent further damage. Sometimes data loss can be distressing. You can call our super friendly hotline for advice on 1300 001 211. We will be able to provide you with reassuring advice on what to do next. The most important advice is not to panic. Hard drives are complicated and highly delicate devices, so leave it turned off and
Avoid unqualified friends, family members or internet suggestions. Most of the these people have good intentions to help you but their unqualified advice usually leads to risky experiments.
Avoid internet apps, Windows checkdisk or Mac first aid disk check. These apps are not sophisticated enough to deal with faulty drives and can cause data rearrangement that can risk permanent data loss or make a data recovery job more expensive than it needed to be. Data recovery has the highest level of success when its left its in most original condition.
Avoid being overcharged. Unfortunately we get occasional reports of businesses trying to take advantage of customers by charging exorbitant prices well into the thousands. Clever marketing tricks to gain your confidence includes underquoting with a low starting price. Our prices are advertised with no hidden extras and they are the lowest prices in Australia, guaranteed!
Avoid unqualified and inexperienced Sydney data recovery services. There are a number of charlatans who have data recovery website templates, claiming to be "Sydney's best data recovery service" while hiding behind fake stock photos. Their unqualified work and experiments does more damage to the drive than the original problem. They usually tell the customer they can't recover the job with misleading jargon. Our Sydney data recovery lab was the first in Australia to be officially certified in data recovery technology over 12 years ago. Our staff hold University degress in computer science.
How to recover data from failed hard drive
Our data recovery Sydney lab will diagnose the problem with your media first. We provide a FREE test & quote while you wait that usually takes 5 minutes. All our prices are advertised with simple flat rates depending on the problem. We are Australia's lowest priced professional data recovery service. We will provide you with an action plan to get your files back. Once we know what is wrong with your drive we can tell you everything you want to know to get the data back safely and securely. We have direct access to all manufacturers diagnostic equipment. This is how we are able to find out exactly what is wrong with your device or media. We have years of experience to solve all problems. Our lab is equipped with all the worlds leading tools. This is what gives our dedicated data recovery service a higher advantage for success than a regular local computer repair store.
We get data back from the most difficult cases and have provided data recovery for high profile court cases, celebrities, government, business and the professional IT industry.
The Most Common Causes of Hard Drive Failure
Hard Drive or Device is not detected
We get data back from Hard Drives, Memory Cards or USB's that are not detected by your pc, computer or mac: A Hard Drive that has malfunctioned will not detect in any computer. Sometimes it may still make a chime sound or freeze your computer. Our Hard Drive data recovery service has years of experience solving these issues. Visit one of our locations and we can help correctly diagnose the problem. Why is my Hard Drive Not Showing Up in Windows and How to get data back. Data corruption is a common cause for a Hard Drive to lose data when it has been interupted during a read and write cycle. Examples are when its not ejected properly.
Clicking or buzzing sounds
We get data back from clicking Hard Drive drives: Clicking HDD's are common. You may hear this problem called the click of death. Hard drives have a read/write head assembly and if they get damaged or fail will cause the actuator to bounce back and forth, resulting in the clicking sound. Zero Alpha has years of experience replacing faulty heads on hard drives. This highly specialised work is very delicate and requires very specialised equipment and procedures. Why is my Hard Drive Clicking? If you hear your hard drive clicking then we recommend leaving it unplugged because it can cause further damage to the drive the longer its left in this state.
Damaged or dropped Hard Drive
Portable drives are vuneralbe to being dropped and knocked about during movements. A dropped drive can cause serious damage to the delicate components inside it. Zero Alpha has a high success rate for solving file recovery from this common practice. Once a drive has been damaged this way it will need its data recovered and stored on a new drive. What to do when you lose data. Warning: Do not open your drive! Unfortunately we are seeing more customers opening their drive based on the advice of amatuer youtube videos. This work requires highly specialised tools and you only get one chance, so don't ruin your drive or make it more expensive to recover!
Deleted Files or Folders
Recover Deleted Files & Folders from Hard Drive flash sticks: When data is deleted computers remove the indexing to the files so that the hard drive space becomes available for new data. Zero Alpha can find these files giving you a high success rate for deleted file data recovery also known as undeletion. We can find your deleted files and return them safely to you whether its a mac or windows computer. If you have lost files from an accidental delete button press then we recommend that you leave your pc turned off. We will locate them safely from a read only state. Give us a call and we can help provide the correct technical support you need.
Drive freezes, becomes unresponsive or is slow
We get data back from the Insert disk error: The please insert a disk into Hard Drive Drive occurs when their is a fault with your Hard Drive drive. Our data recovery services are well experienced with solving this problem. If you see this message its best to leave your Hard Drive stick unplugged and take it to us for a free evaluation. You need to format the disk in drive, error message: If you see this message its very important you don't click on format as this will cause further damage to the files on your Hard Drive stick. Just unplug it and visit us for further advice. In most cases we can get your files back.
You need to format the disk in drive D: before you can use it. Do you want to format it?
We get data back from the format the disk in drive error: Its very important that you do not format disk if you see this error as it will overwrite your existing data making it harder to recover. Don't panic if you see this error as its very common and we have a high success rate for getting your data back. Its best to avoid any disk checking programs as they will attempt to repair the file system by rearranging everything. Our professional data recovery service will find your documents or pictures using a read only method. This minimizes the risk of permanently damaging files.
How much does data recovery cost?
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Why choose Zero Alpha Data Recovery Sydney?
Experience matters! Professional data recovery service since 1999
We have the World's most advanced data recovery technology
Lowest priced affordable data recovery not just in Sydney but all of Australia.
Our Sydney data recovery office is easy to visit
Most preferred data recovery company for Home, Business & Government
If it stores data we can help regardless of the problem
100% Aussie owned & operated.
We give an honest FREE appraisal of your hard drive
We're not just computer science nerds at Zero Alpha, our team is fun and passionate about what we do.
First company in Australia officially certified in data recovery technology
University qualified in computer science.
Ready to start the data recovery process?
What are you waiting for? Submit a job and get your data back now!
Step 1: Drop off or deliver your media to: Zero Alpha, 925/100 Walker Street, North Sydney NSW 2060
Step 2: Free evaluation
Step 3: Return your files
For deliveries please use padding and a box.
FAQ
Yes, we provide professional, secure data recovery services in Sydney. So, if you’re based in the Sydney and you’re looking to recover your data, call us on 1300 001 211.
Yes. All our work is performed at our Sydney data recovery office.
Yes. You can collect your media or we can deliver it to you.
Yes. We can provide fast turnaround data recovery service to our Sydney customers.
We are Sydney's lowest priced professional data recovery service. We quote off a simple flat rate pricing table depending on the problem with your drive. If you find a cheaper quote anywhere else please call us on 1300 001 211 so we can beat it.
Yes. Our Sydney data recovery service can assist with all brands and types of media.
OUR CLIENTS

Reserve Bank of Australia
Enterprise RAID Server Data Recovery

NSW Police Force
Hard Drives, Phones, Voice Recorders data recoveries

Hospitals, Sydney Universities and Education.
Apple & Windows Server RAID recovery.
Fire & Emergency Services.

Air Traffic Control Tower
Sydney Data Recovery

Enterprise Data recovery For Sydney Journalists

Data recovery for Studios & Producers
of popular TV Shows in Sydney